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A structural engineer analyzes a tall, slender telecommunication tower (height 60 m, base width 2 m) subjected to a sudden gust wind load. The gust duration is 0.8 seconds. The tower's first natural frequency is 0.5 Hz (period = 2 s). The engineer needs to determine the maximum base moment and whether to use a static or dynamic wind load model.
The engineer proposes using an equivalent static load (quasi-static model) by simply applying the peak gust pressure as a static force. A colleague argues this is unconservative. Who is correct, and what is the decisive physical reasoning?
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